diff --git a/niquery/app.py b/niquery/app.py
index 7e216c0..3f32fd3 100644
--- a/niquery/app.py
+++ b/niquery/app.py
@@ -97,31 +97,32 @@ def bet(in_file_uri):
 
 class Validate(Resource):
     def get(self):
+        """
+        Returns a list of queries used for validation of NIDM queries.
+        """
         ask = AskQuery()
         return ask.sparql_meta.to_dict(outtype='records')
 
 
 class ValidateResult(Resource):
     def get(self, task_id):
-        retval = add.AsyncResult(task_id).get(timeout=1.0)
-        return repr(retval)
+        """
+        Returns the raw query text of a given query.
+        """
+        ask = AskQuery()
+        qid = "http://purl.org/niquery/id/{0}.rq".format(task_id)
+        result = ask.describe_query(qid)
+        return result.to_dict()
 
 
 class Inference(Resource):
     def get(self):
-        x = 5
-        y = 10
-        res = add.apply_async([x, y])
-        context = {"id": res.task_id, "x": x, "y": y}
-        result = "add((x){}, (y){})".format(context['x'], context['y'])
-        goto = "{}".format(context['id'])
-        return jsonify(result=result, goto=goto)
+        pass
 
 
 class InferenceResult(Resource):
     def get(self, task_id):
-        retval = add.AsyncResult(task_id).get(timeout=1.0)
-        return repr(retval)
+        pass
 
 
 class Compute(Resource):
diff --git a/niquery/query.py b/niquery/query.py
index 1537996..a0e0279 100644
--- a/niquery/query.py
+++ b/niquery/query.py
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@ def _filter_queries(self, ns):
         select_filter = self.sparql_meta.format == str(ns)
         return self.sparql_meta[select_filter]
 
-    def _get_query_string(self, index):
+    def get_query_string(self, index):
         """
         Extracts the actual query text to execute, based on the query index.
         """
@@ -96,7 +96,7 @@ def execute(self, query_index, turtle_file=None, turtle_url=None):
         df : pandas.Dataframe
             Dataframe object of SELECT SPARQL query
         """
-        query = self._get_query_string(query_index)
+        query = self.get_query_string(query_index)
         self._graph.parse(source=turtle_file,
                           location=turtle_url,
                           format='turtle')
@@ -124,7 +124,7 @@ def execute(self, query_index, turtle_file=None, turtle_url=None):
         result : bool
             Boolean result from ASK SPARQL query
         """
-        query = self._get_query_string(query_index)
+        query = self.get_query_string(query_index)
         self._graph.parse(source=turtle_file,
                           location=turtle_url,
                           format='turtle')